Emily HouseMay 20, 20212 minWhat’s on The Menu at Your Farm?This may be a question you ask yourself daily, but I’m not talking about your lunch. Instead, what diversity of pasture species are you...
Emily HouseMay 5, 20213 minLooking for an easier calving? Consider your fertiliser choices.It’s never too early to start thinking about how you can improve outcomes over calving and reviewing your autumn fertiliser choices is a...
Emily HouseOct 20, 20202 minFree Choice Mineral Supplementation – Self Medication or Lost Opportunity?As Regenerative Agriculture gains traction, farming practices that are not so commonly used are being explored. One such practice is Free...
Emily HouseMar 9, 20202 minOn-Farm Emissions Mitigation – Are We Doing Enough to Improve Animal Efficiency?I recently attended a Rural Professionals Seminar on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions on New Zealand Farms. This seminar covered the...
Pat PolettiJan 22, 20192 minPasture Chloride Levels and Heat StressChloride is an essential nutrient that all plants and animals require. It’s extremely well recycled in the environment and as such it’s...
Cynthia NorthcoteFeb 20, 20181 min3 Good Reasons Why You Should Take a Summer Pasture SamplePasture sampling for summer is underway, so here’s three good reasons why knowing what’s happening with your pasture is so important. A...
Pat PolettiMar 28, 20172 minAutumn Fertiliser Choices – What kind of Spring will you have?A client posed a question this week when we were discussing fertiliser options. He said, “I can buy a heck of a lot of magnesium oxide to su
Emily HouseDec 19, 20163 minClient Story: Sleeping Through CalvingStarting spring with more confidence that milk fever was under control ensured Craig & Alice Knowles got some decent sleep during...
Pat PolettiNov 17, 20162 minResearch: Where should your farmer dollars be spent?I went to a DairyNZ field day last week where the results of an investigation into feed conversion efficiency were presented. Some...
Pat PolettiOct 5, 20162 minFertiliser - Who is the Major Stakeholder?It must be spring. Cows are calving, ewes are lambing and Doug Edmeades has had his annual rant at the “pseudo-science” of Albrecht ratio th